Sarisophora chlaenota

Sarisophora chlaenota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Sarisophora
Species:	S. chlaenota
Binomial name
	Sarisophora chlaenota; Meyrick, 1904
Synonyms
	Lecithocera chlaenota;

Sarisophora chlaenota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are bronzy-fuscous, much suffused with dark ashy-fuscous, with a few scattered black scales. The stigmata are black and very undefined, the plical indefinitely elongate. The hindwings are pale ochreous-yellow, the terminal half dark fuscous.[2]

References

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Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 404. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.

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[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 404. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.